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American Express posts mixed results, sets a new quarterly record

American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) announced first quarter financial results before the market open on Thursday, setting a new quarterly revenue record. Company overview Founded: March 18, 1850 Headquarters: New York, United States Number of employees: 77,300 (December 2022) Industry: Banking, financial services Key people: St...

April 21, 2023
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Gold technical and fundamental analysis – How to trade it’s recent price action

Gold has been one of the most popular and highly traded markets recently as price action in the precious metal has really come alive, rate hikes, the war in Ukraine and Bank Crises have all played a part in the fundamental reasons for gold price movements in the last 12 months. Let’s take a look at the chart to see these fundamental effects and h...

April 20, 2023
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US Stocks finish mixed in choppy session after Hot UK CPI spooks the markets

Major US indexes finished mixed in a choppy session for equities and FX after a hotter than expected re-ignited inflation fears and a global hawkish re-pricing of risk assets. Decent earnings and the big bounce back in Netflix encouraged the “Buy the Dip” crowd, pulling stocks up from their lows to see the major US indexes finish mostly flat...

April 20, 2023
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Tesla results have arrived

World’s largest automaker, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), reported Q1 financial results after market close in the US on Wednesday. Elon Musk’s company posted mixed results for the quarter. Let’s take a closer look at how it performed. Company overview Founded: July 1, 2003 Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States Number of branche...

April 20, 2023
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US stocks finish flat on hawkish Fed Speak and mixed data, Netflix has a wild ride on earnings

Tuesday’s session ultimately saw little change in major US indexes in an impressive round trip that initially saw a higher opening as strong Chinese GDP figures cheered investors, only to sell off on Hawkish Fed Speak and mixed earnings results before recovering somewhat to finish (mostly) modestly lower, with only the S&P 500 able to eke out...

April 19, 2023
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Bank of America beats Wall Street expectations, CEO expects a ”mild recession”

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) reported the latest financial results for Q1 on Wednesday, beating analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS). Company overview Founded: 1998 (via the merger of BankAmerica & NationsBank) Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Number of branches: 3,900...

April 19, 2023
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Market Analysis 17-21 April 2023 – TH

XAUUSD Analysis   17 – 21 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. As last week's closing of the buying bar was above the 1960 support or the latest high in price on the Weekly timeframe, it indicates the continued buying momentum that will allow the price of gold to continue. It can rise further to test the 2070...

April 18, 2023
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Charles Schwab posts mixed Q1 results

Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) announced the latest financial results for the first three months of 2023 ended March 31, before the opening bell on Wall Street on Monday. Company overview Founded: 1971 Headquarters: Westlake, Texas, United States Number of branches: 400 Number of employees: 35,300 (as of December 2022) ...

April 18, 2023
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AUD and NZD under pressure on rising US and EU yield expectations

AUD and NZD, being cyclical currencies (cyclical currencies being ones that are extra sensitive to global risk sentiment) took a big hit in Fridays session , dropping 1.1% and 1.3% respectively against the USD and remain under pressure today. Weak retail sales out of the US on Friday didn’t help risk sentiment, but the rout really started when...

April 17, 2023
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GO Markets named as Compare Forex Brokers’ Best Liquidity Broker, Lowest Commission Forex Broker and Best Forex Broker in Singapore 2023

A 2023 Compare Forex Brokers’ comparison of the top global forex brokers named GO Markets as the top broker in multiple categories, including: Best Liquidity Broker 2023 Lowest Commission Forex Broker 2023 Best Singapore Forex Broker 2023 Justin Grossbard at Compare ForexBrokers said, “In our testing, GO Markets rated well w...

April 17, 2023
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Key events in the week ahead – Activity data dominates

After last week’s Inflation themed calendar, we head into the new week where the main theme will be activity data with a raft of manufacturing and services PMI figures from the UK, Eurozone and the US. some of which will help determine what happens at the forthcoming round of central bank rate decisions in the coming weeks. USA With the mar...

April 17, 2023
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JP Morgan Chase & Co. tops Q1 estimates – the stock is rising

JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced Q1 financial results before the market open in the US on Friday. The largest bank in the US beat both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the first quarter of 2023, sending the stock price higher. The company reported revenue of $38.349 billion vs. forecast of $36.125 billion. ...

April 15, 2023
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Tech leads US Stocks higher on soft PPI and employment figures, Gold surges towards all time high

A significantly softer than expected PPI print confirming Wednesdays CPI saw the green light for risk on in Thursday’s session and saw a broad rally in risk assets. All major US indexes rallied strongly with the Tech heavy NASDAQ outperforming while the S&P 500 closing at its highest level since February. The March producer price index...

April 14, 2023
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Indices Trading – What are Indices and how to use CFDs to trade them

Index trading is one of the most popular class of markets to trade for CFD traders, rivalling major FX pairs in trading volume, but what is indices trading and how does trading them with CFDs work? Most people will be familiar with the names of the major stock indices from financial reports in all forms of media, the most popular stock indices o...

April 13, 2023
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US Stocks give up gains on cool CPI as Fed minutes stoke recession fears

Major US stock indices slid in Wednesday’s session after a cooler than expected CPI figure gave them a boost only run out of steam and ultimately finish in the red after Fed minutes stoked recession fears. The Dow outperformed it’s peers, down around 38 points as investors continued to favour defensive stocks over more risk sensitive growth sto...

April 13, 2023
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